<div class="doc-item" id="doc-766"><h2 class="doc-item-name">deref<span class="namespace">(clojure.core)</span></h2><ul class="var-arglists"><li>(<span class="var-name">deref</span>  ref)</li></ul><div class="var-docstring"><p>Also reader macro: @ref/@agent/@var/@atom/@delay/@future. Within a transaction,
  returns the in-transaction-value of ref, else returns the
  most-recently-committed value of ref. When applied to a var, agent
  or atom, returns its current state. When applied to a delay, forces
  it if not already forced. When applied to a future, will block if
  computation not complete</p></div><div class="var-source"><pre>; clojure/core.clj:1278
(defn deref
  [#^clojure.lang.IDeref ref] (.deref ref))</pre></div><div class="license"><p>Copyright (c) Rich Hickey. All rights reserved.</p><p>The use and distribution terms for this software are covered by the <a href="http://opensource.org/licenses/eclipse-1.0.php">Eclipse Public License 1.0</a>, which can be found in the file
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